Background
He later entered the legal profession of his father, William Josiah Fishburne, a distinguished South Carolina lawyer
He later entered the legal profession of his father, William Josiah Fishburne, a distinguished South Carolina lawyer
He graduated from The Citadel in 1904 and taught school for two years afterwards.
He was appointed to the office of associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 17, 1935, which he held for some 19 years until 1954. The Fishburnes had two biological children and adopted four others In 2003, the South Carolina Chief Justice Jean H. Toal met with the family to unveil a portrait of the late justice.